Everyone complied.
They retreated to the far side of the room or upstairs and left Lucas alone in his circle of materials.
Lucas closed his eyes and focused inward.
The core in his lower dantian was a disaster.
He could see it clearly now with his newly formed mana sense: a sphere of compressed energy riddled with cracks, fragments spinning off, the whole structure threatening to explode at any moment.
Okay. Okay, if I remember correctly then in order to stabilize the core I...
Another wave of pain came from his dantian disrupting his thoughts.
[Core stability at 13%.]
Focus! First step: slow the degradation. The Moonbell petals should help with that.
Lucas reached out with his mana sense and sank in the Mana into the petals around him.
They responded immediately. Their natural properties began drawing in ambient mana and creating a stabilizing field.
The degradation slowed. Not by much but it was a start.
[Core stability at 13%. Degradation rate reduced.]
